PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans say they want Barack Obama (46%) rather than the Republicans in Congress (42%) to have more influence over the direction the nation takes in the next year. U.S. preferences have been closely divided on this question since early 2011, after Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives, but Obama has consistently had a slim advantage, suggesting a real lead for him. Prior to 2011, Americans favored congressional Republicans. [...]

Democrats want Obama to have more influence and Republicans want the Republicans in Congress to have more influence. Independents are more likely to prefer Obama.

The current Congress was sworn in in January 2011, so it looks like buyer's remorse set in once people began to realize what they were in for...

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DW7LHDQQLRH5RQG2AGEXP35QGM Mr. B

OOPS -- took a second look . . . the changeover of preferring President Obama took place AFTER December 2010 {these nearly 48-year-old eyes of mine don't always work like they should.}

My point stands, though: after a year of seeing the teabagger/GOP congress alternate between doing nothing and saying no to EVERYTHING President Obama proposes, Americans got wise . . . if only they had done so before going to the voting booth the previous November . . .

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DW7LHDQQLRH5RQG2AGEXP35QGM Mr. B

ROFL -- not only that, but look at when it changed: according to the above graph, it was January 2010, RIGHT AFTER THE GOP-LED CONGRESS WAS SWORN IN!

Apparently, it only took a day or so of the repubs in congress doing nothing for the country to decide they didn't want them setting the agenda . . .

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